Comments on Julie Zickefoose: Painting a Phoebe--Cobwebs and Crud

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2008-04-23T01:34:00.000-05:00

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I'm sad the process is about over! Have enjoyed t...

2007-04-09T16:01:00.000-05:00

I'm sad the process is about over! Have enjoyed the insight you've shared with us during your artistic process. It's just beautiful!

Roxanne in Wyoming

The cobwebs are such an important addition. It's a...

2007-04-09T11:31:00.000-05:00

The cobwebs are such an important addition. It's amazing what they add to the overall ambiance. Quite beautiful, Julie. A fantastic process.

I too laughed out loud at the Miss Haversham refer...

2007-04-09T10:36:00.000-05:00

I too laughed out loud at the Miss Haversham reference--pure gold.

Beautiful end result! Congratulations and thanks!

Dear Laura, Oh, the bucket's on top of something,...

2007-04-09T07:07:00.000-05:00

Dear Laura,

Oh, the bucket's on top of something, I guess. It's just there. In our garage/barn, stuff balances on other stuff almost magically, until you try to get something out from underneath and it all crashes down. I narrowly saved two large trays of very small nails as I was trying to get a suet feeder (back) out yesterday for the poor starving frozen woodpeckers.

Jayne! Your check's in the mail! I will make the announcement in tonight's post, and I'm sure CNN will pick it right up. *thanks for asking*

Love the cobwebs! Certainly looks like an old bar...

2007-04-09T06:40:00.000-05:00

Love the cobwebs! Certainly looks like an old barn now. So, will this beautiful creation be availabe in a print? Please? Pretty please??

Is the bucket hanging on something or sitting on a...

2007-04-09T00:11:00.000-05:00

Is the bucket hanging on something or sitting on a shelf? I'm having trouble seeing that part of it!

Thanks for sharing - such an amazing process.

Thanks, Julie. I love the "tutorials." I'm just l...

2007-04-08T21:24:00.000-05:00

Thanks, Julie. I love the "tutorials." I'm just learning how to waterpaint. I love it's translucent qualities. You're really helping me.

While I thoroughly enjoyed "watching" the creative...

2007-04-08T21:22:00.000-05:00

While I thoroughly enjoyed "watching" the creative process again, I laughed outright at the Miss Haversham comparison.

Julie, this turned out wonderful! You are soo tale...

2007-04-08T20:57:00.000-05:00

Julie, this turned out wonderful! You are soo talented and do such amazing drawing! Thanks for sharing this with us! Happy Easter to you and your family!

It looks like you have it all. Scientist, artist,...

2007-04-08T20:40:00.000-05:00

It looks like you have it all. Scientist, artist, story-teller. Wow. Great painting. The painting was true all the way but I personally think the crud - cobwebs and shadows made it completely real...and...just beautiful.

Nice work, Ms. Z. I learn so much each time.

2007-04-08T20:00:00.000-05:00

Nice work, Ms. Z. I learn so much each time.

Well, the initial grain marks were dry-brushed, I ...

2007-04-08T19:07:00.000-05:00

Well, the initial grain marks were dry-brushed, I guess, back when I was just starting out on the wall. For non-painters, dry-brushing means you don't have a whole lot of water mixed with your paint, and you're using a brush that's just damp, not loaded with a wet wash. But when I painted washes over the shadowed parts of the wall, I'd have to go back each time and re-up the grain that got washed out when the wet wash went over it. Part of what makes shadows look realistic is that you can't see all that much inside them. You can see something, but not the kind of detail you can see in a brightly lit passage. So some of that blurring and loss of detail worked OK in the shadowed part. But I'd go back and darken the essential parts.

Thanks again for your running commentary while doi...

2007-04-08T19:00:00.000-05:00

Thanks again for your running commentary while doing the painting. I am wondering how you were able to keep the grain in the wood while darkening the shadowed part and not lose the grain with watercolors. Did you really dry brush it or what? Thanks.